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test 15 Flashcards

1
Q

first president to be impeached

A

Johnson

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2
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Republican minority that wanted to deal harshly with the South

A

radical republicans

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3
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indictment of a political official by Congress

A

impeachment

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4
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Lincoln’s attempt to reestablish civilian government in the South quickly

A

10% Plan

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5
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T/F

Radicals agreed with Lincoln:percentage of males take oath before a state readmitted to Union

A

false

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6
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required that a majority of voters in each Southern state sign an oath of allegiance

A

Wade-Davis Bill

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7
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T/F

President Johnson came one vote short of being removed from office

A

true

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8
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term refers to national government’s rebuilding the South according to Radical Republican ideas

A

Reconstruction

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9
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This Amendment guarantee citizenship rights

A

14th

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11
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the act of Congress designed to protect cabinet members from being fired by the president

A

Tenure of Office Act

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12
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the president who generally supported Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction

A

johnson

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13
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Why was Johnson impeached?

A

He dismissed a secretary of war

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14
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This Amendment abolished slavery

A

13th

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14
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This Amendment guaranteed the right of a citizen to vote

A

15th

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15
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the corrupt leader who defrauded New York City

A

Boss Tweed

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16
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political cartoonist who advocated reforms

A

Thomas Nast

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17
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eccentric New York newspaper editor who ran against Grant in 1872

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Horace Greely

18
Q

lawyer who helped to reform corruption in NYC

A

Samuel Tilden

19
Q

political corruption

A

grantism

20
Q

winner in the most disputed presidential election in American history at that time

A

Hayes

21
Q

type of Republican who opposed the Radicals in 1872

A

Liberal

22
Q

paper money not backed by gold or silver

A

Greenbacks

23
Q

this scandal involved a group’s criminal use of funds intended for railroad construction

A

Credit Mobilier

24
Q

term applied to the political agreement whereby federal troops would be removed from the South

A

Compromise of 1877

25
Q

Republicans offer Southern Democrats in return for support in Rutherford B. Hayes as president?

A

Removal of troops

26
Q

What is meant by “waving the bloody shirt”?

A

blaming Democrats for the war

27
Q

Why was Tammany Hall allowed to continue its corruption?

A

Democrats needed them

28
Q

In what scandal did Fisk and Gould participate?

A

Manipulate price of gold

29
Q

the first black to serve in the U.S. Congress

A

Hiram Revels

30
Q

Northern Radical who moved to the South

A

Carpetbaggers

31
Q

Southern Radical

A

Scalawag

32
Q

denial of someone’s right to vote

A

Disfranchisement

33
Q

T/F

Radical Republicans controlled state governments South by denying vote to former Confederates

A

true

34
Q

method for freed slaves to farm the land without cash

A

Sharecropping

35
Q

T/F

Reconstruction forced South to produce wheat/ rice, not cash crops, such as cotton and tobacco

A

true

36
Q

Southerner who wanted to oust Republican rule and restore white majority rule

A

Redeemer

37
Q

divided the South into 5 military districts

A

Military Reconstruction Act

38
Q

attempted to regulate the conduct of former slaves

A

Black Codes

39
Q

this government agency was designed to help former slaves following the war

A

Freeman’s Bureau

40
Q

group who opposed Radical Reconstruction and sought to prevent Blacks from voting

A

kkk

41
Q

What happened to Robert E. Lee after the war?

A

President of Washington College

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